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Quote from "The Rose Elf" (1839)

And the pretty maiden leaned her head against the flowerpot, and the little elf found her there, fallen into a gentle slumber. So he crept again into her ear and whispered to her of that evening in the arbor and of the scent of the roses and the loves of the elves. Then she dreamed so sweetly, and while she dreamed her life passed gently away. She died a quiet death and was in Heaven with her beloved.

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "The Rose Elf"

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Registered motifs in this quote:

1. Belief in reunion with the dead
2. To die and go to heaven

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